Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story

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Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story
Awarded forExcellence in fantasy fiction short stories
CountryAustralia
Presented byChimaera Publications,
Continuum Foundation
First awarded1995
Currently held byTansy Rayner Roberts
WebsiteOfficial site

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers".[2] To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the corresponding year;[3] the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people.[4]

Since their creation in 1995, awards have been given in various categories of speculative fiction. Categories currently include science fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative young adult fiction—with separate awards for novels and short fiction—collections, anthologies, illustrative works or graphic novels, children's books, and an award for excellence in speculative fiction.[2] The awards have attracted the attention of publishers by setting down a benchmark in science fiction and fantasy. The continued sponsorship by publishers such as HarperCollins and Orbit has identified the award as an honour to be taken seriously.[5]

The results are decided by a panel of judges from a list of submitted nominees; the long-list of nominees is reduced to a short-list of finalists.[2] Ties can occur if the panel decides both entries show equal merit, however they are encouraged to choose a single winner.[6] The judges may declare a "no award" if there is unanimous agreement that none of the nominees are worthy.[6] The judges are selected from a public application process by the Award's management team.[7]

This article lists all the short-list nominees and winners in the best fantasy short story category, as well as short stories that have received honourable mentions or have been highly commended. Since 2003, honourable mentions and high commendations have been awarded intermittently. holds the record for most wins, having won three times. Angela Slatter holds the record for most nominations, having been nominated seven times. Adam Browne, Kaaron Warren, and share the record for most nominations without winning, each having been losing finalists three times.

Winners and nominees[]

In the following table, the years correspond to the year of the story's eligibility; the ceremonies are always held the following year. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature" article. Entries with a blue background have won the award; those with a white background are the nominees on the short-list. If the short story was originally published in a book with other stories rather than by itself or in a magazine, the book title is included after the publisher's name.

  *   Winners and joint winners
  *   Nominees on the shortlist

Year Author(s) Short story Publisher or publication Ref
1995 Karen Attard* "Harvest Bay" Eidolon [8]
1995 "" () [8][9]
1995 "" Aurealis [8]
1995 Kaaron Warren "The Blue Stream" Aurealis [8]
1995 "The Other Side of Paradise" Eidolon [8]
1996 Russell Blackford* "The Sword of God" Penguin (Dream Weavers) [9][10]
1996 Isobelle Carmody "Green Monkey Dreams" Viking (Green Monkey Dreams) [9][10]
1996 Matthew Condon "Tattoo" UQP () [9][10]
1996 Sara Douglass "Of Fingers and Foreskins" Eidolon [10]
1996 "" Allen & Unwin () [9][10]
1997 Lucy Sussex* "Merlusine" Roc (The Horns of Elfland) [9][11]
1997 "" Penguin () [9][11]
1997 "" Anchor () [9][11]
1997 "" Eidolon [11]
1997 Janeen Webb "Death at the Blue Elephant" HarperCollins () [9][11]
1998 Stephen Dedman* "A Walk-On Part in the War" Voyager (Dreaming Down-Under) [9][12]
1998 Kerry Greenwood "Jetsam" Voyager (Dreaming Down-Under) [9][12]
1998 Sean McMullen "Queen of Soulmates" Voyager (Dreaming Down-Under) [9][12]
1998 Jane Routley "To Avalon" Voyager (Dreaming Down-Under) [9][12]
1998 Keith Taylor "The Bath-house" Moonstone (Fantastic Worlds) [9][12]
1999 Trudi Canavan* "Whispers of the Mist Children" Aurealis [13]
1999 Adam Browne "Orlando's Third Trance" [13]
1999 "" [13]
1999 Lucy Sussex "The Queen of Erewhon" F&SF [13]
1999 Janeen Webb "Incident on Wolfe Street" [13]
2000 Geoffrey Maloney* "The World According to Kipling (A Plain Tale from the Hills)" Aurealis [14]
2000 "" Voyager () [9][14]
2000 "" [14]
2000 Margo Lanagan "" Allen & Unwin () [9][14]
2000 Kaaron Warren "" Orb [14]
2001 Sue Isle* "The Woman of Endor" Orb [15]
2001 Jack Dann "The Diamond Pit" Voyager (Jubilee) [9][15]
2001 Terry Dowling "" Sci Fiction [15]
2001 Matthew Farrer "" (Nor of Human...) [9][15]
2001 Kaaron Warren "The Speaker of Heaven" Orb [15]
2002 No award given — — [16]
2003 Lucy Sussex* "La Sentinelle" (Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural) [9][17]
2003 "" [17]
2003 Marianne de Pierres "" () [9][17]
2003 Garth Nix "" Penguin Books (Firebirds) [9][17]
2004 Richard Harland* "Catabolic Magic" Aurealis [18]
2004 Louise Katz* "Weavers of the Twilight" Agog! (Agog! Smashing Stories) [9][18]
2004 Lee Battersby "" Orb [18]
2004 K. J. Bishop "Alsiso" Elastic Press () [18][19]
2004 Paul Haines "The Gift of Hindsight" Aurealis [18]
2005 Richard Harland* "The Greater Death of Saito Saku" Agog! (Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales) [9][20]
2005 Rosaleen Love* "Once Giants Roamed the Earth" Aqueduct Press (The Traveling Tide); Agog! (Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales) [9][20]
2005 Adam Browne "Heart of Saturday Night" [9][20]
2005 "" [20]
2005 "" Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine [20]
2006 Margo Lanagan* "A Fine Magic" Eidolon Books (Eidolon I) [9][21]
2006 Lee Battersby "" Prime Books (Through Soft Air) [9][21]
2006 "" Fantasy Magazine [21]
2006 Lucy Sussex "The Revenant" Eidolon Books (Eidolon I) [9][21]
2006 Anna Tambour "" Agog! () [9][21]
2007 Garth Nix* "Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz Go to War Again" Jim Baen's Universe [22]
2007 "" Strange Horizons [22]
2007 Adam Browne "" Orb [22]
2007 Angela Slatter "" Shimmer [22]
2007 Cat Sparks "" Orb [22]
2008 Cat Sparks* "Sammarynda Deep" (Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy) [9][23]
2008 "" Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine [23]
2008 "" Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine [23]
2008 Angela Slatter "" Shimmer [23]
2008 Kim Westwood "Nightship" HarperVoyager () [9][23]
2009 Christopher Green* "Father's Kill" Beneath Ceaseless Skies [24]
2009 Ian McHugh* "Once a Month, On a Sunday" Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine [24]
2009 Tansy Rayner Roberts "" () [24]
2009 Angela Slatter "" The Lifted Brow [24]
2009 Lucy Sussex "Something Better than Death" Aurealis [24]
2010 * (tie) "" () [25]
2010 and Angela Slatter* (tie) "" Ticonderoga Publications () [25]
2010 "" Strange Horizons [26]
2010 Andrew McKiernan "" Brimstone Press () [26]
2010 Angela Slatter "" Tartarus Press () [26]
2011 * "" (After the Rain) [27]
2011 Margo Lanagan "The Proving of Smollett Standforth" HarperVoyager (Ghosts by Gaslight) [28]
2011 Margo Lanagan "Into the Clouds on High" Allen & Unwin (Yellowcake) [28]
2011 "Reading Coffee" Overland [28]
2011 "The Dark Night of Anton Weiss" Ticonderoga Publications (More Scary Kisses) [28]
2012 Margo Lanagan* "Bajazzle" (Cracklescape) [29]
2012 "Sanaa's Army" Ticonderoga Publications (Bloodstones) [30]
2012 Isobelle Carmody "The Stone Witch" Random House (Under My Hat) [30]
2012 "First They Came" Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 55 [30]
2012 Margo Lanagan "The Isles of the Sun" (Cracklescape) [30]
2013 Jay Kristoff* "The Last Stormdancer" Thomas Dunne Books [31][32]
2013 "The Touch of the Taniwha" (Fish) [31]
2013 Ian McHugh "Cold, Cold War" (Beneath Ceaseless Skies) [31]
2013 "Short Circuit" Oomph (Oomph: a little super goes a long way) [31]
2013 Kim Wilkins "The Year of Ancient Ghosts" Ticonderoga Publications (The Year of Ancient Ghosts) [31]
2014 Angela Slatter* "St Dymphna's School for Poison Girls" Review of Australian Fiction, Volume 9, Issue 3 [33]
2014 "The Oud" (Long Hidden) [34]
2014 "Teratogen" Cemetery Dance 71 [34]
2014 "The Ghost of Hepaestus" (Cranky Ladies of History) [34]
2014 Angela Slatter "The Badger Bride" Tartarus Press (Strange Tales IV) [34]
2015 Rowena Cory Daniells* "The Giant's Lady" (Legends 2) [35]
2015 "The Jellyfish Collector" Review of Australian Fiction, Vol. 13, Issue 6 [36]
2015 "A Shot of Salt Water" (The Dark) [36]
2015 "Almost Days" (Insert Title Here) [36]
2015 "Blueblood" Ticonderoga Publications (Hear Me Roar) [36]
2015 "Husk and Sheaf" SQ Mag 22 [36]
2016 * "Where the Pelican Builds Her Nest" (In Your Face) [37][38]
2016 "Watercress Soup" Andromeda Spaceways Magazine 65 [37]
2016 Jack Nicholls "Dune Time" Tor.com [37]
2016 Garth Nix "Penny For a Match, Mister?" Saga Press (The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales) [37]
2016 "The Lighthouse at Cape Defeat" Aurealis 89 [37]
2016 "The Cartographer's Price" Mythic Delirium 3.1 [37]
2017 Tansy Rayner Roberts* "The Curse is Come Upon Me, Cried" self-published (Please Look After This Angel & Other Winged Stories) [39][40]
2017 "Hamelin's Graves" Andromeda Spaceways Magazine 69 [39]
2017 Angela Slatter "The Little Mermaid, in Passing" Review of Australian Fiction Vol 22 Issue 1 [39]
2017 "Duplicity" coeur de lion (Dimension6 #11) [39]
2017 "The Rainmaker Goddess, Hallowed Shaz" Feminartsy [39]
2017 Lili Wilkinson "Oona Underground" HarperCollins Publishers (Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology) [39]
2018 * "The Further Shore" Bourbon Penn 15 [41][42]
2018 Alan Baxter "Crying Demon" (Suspended in Dusk 2) [41]
2018 Juliet Marillier "Army Men" (Of Gods and Globes) [41]
2018 "Child of the Emptyness" Grimdark Magazine 17 [41]
2018 "A Moment's Peace" (A Hand of Knaves) [41][43]
2018 "Heartwood, Sapwood, Spring" Ate Bit Bear (Sword and Sonnet) [41]
2019 Tansy Rayner Roberts "Dragon By Subscription" (self-published on Patreon) [44][45]
2019 "Loose Stones" Brio Books (Infinite Threads) [44]
2019 "1078 Reasons" Translunar Travelers Lounge [44]
2019 "Pigshit and Gold" Dimension6 18 [44]
2019 "CurioQueens" Constellary Tales Magazine 4 [44]
2019 Juliet Marillier "Good Dog, Alice" Titan Books (Wonderland) [44]
2020 Louise Pieper "Truth Be Told" Unnatural Order [46][47]
2020 Nikky Lee "The Dead May Dance" Midnight Echo 15 [46]
2020 Garth Nix "The Case of the Somewhat Mythic Sword" Tor.com [46]
2020 J. Z. Ting "Terracotta Daughter" Coppice & Brake [46]
2020 Suzanne J. Willis "A Solace of Shadows" Three Crows Magazine #7 [46]


Honourable mentions and high commendations[]

The honourable mentions and high commendations are announced alongside the list of finalists for their respected year of eligibility.[6] In the following table, the years correspond to the year of the book's eligibility; the ceremonies are always held the following year. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature" article. Entries with a grey background have been noted as highly commended; those with a white background have received honourable mentions. If the short story was originally published in a book with other stories rather than by itself or in a magazine, the book title is included after the publisher's name.

  *   Highly commended
  *   Honourable mentions

Year Author Short story Publisher or publication Ref
2003 Brendan Duffy "" Agog! () [9]
2003 "" Agog! () [9]
2004 Trudi Canavan* "" Wakefield Press () [9]
2006 "" [9]
2006 "" Eidolon Books (Eidolon I) [9]

See also[]

  • Ditmar Award, an Australian science fiction award established in 1969

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